Question

Fred is given a rectangular piece of paper. If the length of Fred’s piece of paper is represented by 2x – 6 and the width is represented by 3x – 5, then the paper has a total area represented by 1. 5x – 11 2. 6x2 – 28x + 30 3. 10x – 22 4. 6x2 – 6x – 11

Answer 1

6x^2 – 28x + 30

Explanation:

Answer 2

The area would be the length (2x-6) multiplied by the width (3x-5)
(2x-6)(3x-5)
Use FOIL and the distributive property:
2x(3x)-5(2x)-6(3x)-6(5)
Simplify:
6x^2-10x-18x+30
Simplify and add the like terms:
6x^2-28x+30

2. 6x^2 – 28x + 30

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